ETHNIC AND RACIAL HERITAGE

The Census provides two different ways for respondents to indicate their heritage. The method shown here pertains to Asians, American Indians and Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, and persons of Hispanic ethnicity. As a part of the race and ethnicity questions on the short form of the 2000 Census, members of these groups were asked to indicate one or more categories of racial or ethnic origin. In the case of Americans Indians and Alaskan Natives, respondents were given the opportunity to identify their affiliation with one or more tribes.

* Southern Asian includes Asian Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and Sri Lankan.

** Southeastern Asian includes Cambodian, Filipino, Indonesian, Laotian, Malaysian, Thai and Vietnamese.

*** Eastern Asian includes Chinese, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese.

Hispanic Ancestries, 2000
		Percent of	Percent of
	Number	Total Population	Hispanic Population
Total Non-Hispanic (All Races)	138,716	97.24%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	3,935	2.76%	100.00%
Mexican	1,837	1.29%	46.68%
Puerto Rican	789	0.55%	20.05%
Cuban	125	0.09%	3.18%
Dominican	59	0.04%	1.50%
Central American	174	0.12%	4.42%
Costa Rican	14	0.01%	0.36%
Guatemalan	20	0.01%	0.51%
Honduran	30	0.02%	0.76%
Nicaraguan	16	0.01%	0.41%
Panamanian	34	0.02%	0.86%
Salvadorian	54	0.04%	1.37%
Other Central American	6	0.00%	0.15%
South American	172	0.12%	4.37%
Argentinian	2	0.00%	0.05%
Bolivian	13	0.01%	0.33%
Chilean	6	0.00%	0.15%
Columbian	73	0.05%	1.86%
Ecuadorian	24	0.02%	0.61%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	27	0.02%	0.69%
Uruguayan	2	0.00%	0.05%
Venezuelan	14	0.01%	0.36%
Other South American	11	0.01%	0.28%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	779	0.55%	19.80%
Spaniard	34	0.02%	0.86%
Spanish	140	0.10%	3.56%
Spanish American	32	0.02%	0.81%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	573	0.40%	14.56%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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